Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Quote by William Congreve

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Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of...

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of...

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very...

I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according...

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according...

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd...

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd...

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart, which others bleed for,...

A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.

A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while...

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better...

I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better...

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope....

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope....

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.